diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/75073-role-argspec-suboption-variables.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/75073-role-argspec-suboption-variables.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eca9aad78de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/75073-role-argspec-suboption-variables.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - roles - make sure argspec validation task templates suboptions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75070).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/validate_argument_spec.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/validate_argument_spec.py
index 4162005202c..9ad0a46df65 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/validate_argument_spec.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/validate_argument_spec.py
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         for argument_name, argument_attrs in iteritems(argument_spec):
             if argument_name in task_vars:
-                if isinstance(task_vars[argument_name], string_types):
-                    value = self._templar.do_template(task_vars[argument_name])
-                    if value:
-                        args[argument_name] = value
-                else:
-                    args[argument_name] = task_vars[argument_name]
+                args[argument_name] = task_vars[argument_name]
+        args = self._templar.template(args)
         return args
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test.yml b/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test.yml
index e7c1fae054b..06268c6a527 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test.yml
@@ -303,3 +303,38 @@
               - ansible_failed_result.validate_args_context.name == "blah"
               - ansible_failed_result.validate_args_context.type == "role"
               - "ansible_failed_result.validate_args_context.path is search('roles_arg_spec/collections/ansible_collections/foo/bar/roles/blah')"
+
+- name: "New play to reset vars: Test templating succeeds"
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    value_some_choices: "choice2"
+    value_some_list: [1.5]
+    value_some_dict: {"some_key": "some_value"}
+    value_some_int: 1
+    value_some_float: 1.5
+    value_some_json: '{[1, 3, 3] 345345|45v<#!}'
+    value_some_jsonarg: {"foo": [1, 3, 3]}
+    value_some_second_level: True
+    value_third_level: 5
+  tasks:
+    - block:
+      - include_role:
+          name: test1
+        vars:
+          some_choices: "{{ value_some_choices }}"
+          some_list: "{{ value_some_list }}"
+          some_dict: "{{ value_some_dict }}"
+          some_int: "{{ value_some_int }}"
+          some_float: "{{ value_some_float }}"
+          some_json: "{{ value_some_json }}"
+          some_jsonarg: "{{ value_some_jsonarg }}"
+          some_dict_options:
+            some_second_level: "{{ value_some_second_level }}"
+          multi_level_option:
+            second_level:
+              third_level: "{{ value_third_level }}"
+      rescue:
+        - debug: var=ansible_failed_result
+        - fail:
+            msg: "Should not get here"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test_complex_role_fails.yml b/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test_complex_role_fails.yml
index 35ae3877b72..a04785fb121 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test_complex_role_fails.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/roles_arg_spec/test_complex_role_fails.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@
   hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
   vars:
+      ansible_unicode_type_match: "<type 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleUnicode'>"
       unicode_type_match: "<type 'unicode'>"
       string_type_match: "<type 'str'>"
       float_type_match: "<type 'float'>"
+      list_type_match: "<type 'list'>"
+      ansible_list_type_match: "<type 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleSequence'>"
+      dict_type_match: "<type 'dict'>"
+      ansible_dict_type_match: "<type 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleMapping'>"
+      ansible_unicode_class_match: "<class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleUnicode'>"
       unicode_class_match: "<class 'unicode'>"
       string_class_match: "<class 'str'>"
       bytes_class_match: "<class 'bytes'>"
       float_class_match: "<class 'float'>"
+      list_class_match: "<class 'list'>"
+      ansible_list_class_match: "<class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleSequence'>"
+      dict_class_match: "<class 'dict'>"
+      ansible_dict_class_match: "<class 'ansible.parsing.yaml.objects.AnsibleMapping'>"
       expected:
           test1_1:
               argument_errors: [
@@ -98,24 +108,44 @@
                   # because py3 quotes the value in the error while py2 does not, so we just ignore
                   # the rest of the line.
                   actual_generic: "{{ ansible_failed_result.argument_errors|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_unicode_type_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', unicode_type_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', string_type_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', float_type_match, 'FLOAT')|
+                                      map('replace', list_type_match, 'LIST')|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_list_type_match, 'LIST')|
+                                      map('replace', dict_type_match, 'DICT')|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_dict_type_match, 'DICT')|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_unicode_class_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', unicode_class_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', string_class_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', bytes_class_match, 'STR')|
                                       map('replace', float_class_match, 'FLOAT')|
+                                      map('replace', list_class_match, 'LIST')|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_list_class_match, 'LIST')|
+                                      map('replace', dict_class_match, 'DICT')|
+                                      map('replace', ansible_dict_class_match, 'DICT')|
                                       map('regex_replace', '''float:.*$''', 'THE_FLOAT_REPR')|
                                       map('regex_replace', 'Valid booleans include.*$', '')|
                                       list }}"
                   expected_generic: "{{ expected.test1_1.argument_errors|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_unicode_type_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', unicode_type_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', string_type_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', float_type_match, 'FLOAT')|
+                                        map('replace', list_type_match, 'LIST')|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_list_type_match, 'LIST')|
+                                        map('replace', dict_type_match, 'DICT')|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_dict_type_match, 'DICT')|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_unicode_class_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', unicode_class_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', string_class_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', bytes_class_match, 'STR')|
                                         map('replace', float_class_match, 'FLOAT')|
+                                        map('replace', list_class_match, 'LIST')|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_list_class_match, 'LIST')|
+                                        map('replace', dict_class_match, 'DICT')|
+                                        map('replace', ansible_dict_class_match, 'DICT')|
                                         map('regex_replace', '''float:.*$''', 'THE_FLOAT_REPR')|
                                         map('regex_replace', 'Valid booleans include.*$', '')|
                                         list }}"